{"id":208613,"date":"2025-01-07T21:14:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/jean-marie-le-pen-dead-what-legacy-does-father-of-the-french-far-right-leave-behind-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T21:14:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:14:30","slug":"jean-marie-le-pen-dead-what-legacy-does-father-of-the-french-far-right-leave-behind-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/jean-marie-le-pen-dead-what-legacy-does-father-of-the-french-far-right-leave-behind-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Marie Le Pen dead: What legacy does father of the French far-right leave behind? DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/E4ArqOacSbw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Marie Le Pen dead: What legacy does father of the French far-right leave behind? 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